Justin Rose pairing with Bubba Watson makes form elementary

It is a rare thing in golf for a player to throw in a round of 64 and find himself playing second fiddle to anyone else.

But that was Justin Rose’s fate after standing toe to toe with Bubba Watson in the second round of the WGCCadillac Championship yesterday and coming off worse by two strokes. Not that the Englishman felt particularly hard done by.

Playing together, the two fed off each other, trading blow for blow, birdie for birdie in what was extremely impressive scoring over the Blue Monster Course at Doral. Between them, the 31-year-old and the American had 17 birdies, an eagle and one bogey (Watson’s at the 4th) — and had a 13-under-par eclectic score of 59. And this was in windy…